Formation of a Biocompatible Film <i>in vivo</i> -from Peritoneal Adhesion to Drug Delivery System-

  • Ito Taichi
    Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  • Suzuki Yukimitsu
    Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo

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  • 体内でのフィルム形成-腹膜癒着防止膜と薬物送達膜-
  • タイナイ デ ノ フィルム ケイセイ フクマク ユチャク ボウシ マク ト ヤクブツ ソウタツ マク
  • Formation of a Biocompatible Film in vivo -from Peritoneal Adhesion to Drug Delivery System-

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Abstract

Postoperative peritoneal adhesions cause pelvic pain, infertility, and potentially lethal bowel obstruction. We have designed and synthesized injectable hydrogels that are formed by mixing hydrazide-modified hyaluronic acid (HA) with aldehyde-modified versions of cellulose derivatives such as carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC), and methyl cellulose (MC). Hydrogels degraded in the presence of hyaluronidase in vitro, with HA-MC and HA-HPMC degrading more slowly than HAX and HA-CMC. All the cellulose-derived gels showed efficacy in reducing the area of adhesion formation in a rabbit sidewall defect-bowel abrasion model. In addition, we have designed and synthesized an injectable hydrogel composed of cross-linkable modified hyaluronic acids conjugated to dexamethasone, and investigated its anti-inflammatory function. The hydrogel degraded in media over 5 days, releasing dexamethasone slowly over that time preventing TNF-α production from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated primary mousice macrophages in vitro. Further research is on-going. We are designing cisplatin releasing system based on this in-situ crosslinkable hydrogel system for treating peritoneal dissemination.

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  • MEMBRANE

    MEMBRANE 36 (2), 63-70, 2011

    THE MEMBRANE SOCIETY OF JAPAN

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